All schools and universities to pay school fees via eCitizen; Ruto
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President William Ruto orders all schools and universities to pay school fees via the eCitizen platform
President William Ruto orders all schools and universities to pay school fees via the eCitizen platform.
In an effort to streamline services in schools, the Cabinet has approved the digitization of the nation’s entire educational system.
The digitalization initiative would address a number of problems plaguing the education sector, such as the operation of parallel school accounts and overcharging of fees, according to a Cabinet dispatch released on Wednesday.
However, it was explained in detail that digitization would remove the enrollment of “ghost” students.
“In keeping with the Administration’s digital transformation agenda, Cabinet sanctioned the digitization of the entire education system, spanning from basic education to tertiary and university levels.
“This intervention aims to address the governance challenges within our education system that has led to parallel accounts, charging of unauthorized school fees, diversion of the exchequer releases on capitation and other fraudulent activities that undermine the integrity of the education system, leading to the enrollment of ghost students,” read the dispatch in part.
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Initially, only national schools were aimed by the eCitizen plan. In the directive that was issued early in the month, Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang noted that parents would begin making payments through the eCitizen platform.
However, the directive was challenged in Court with the High Court in Nairobi temporarily halting the process.
Parents had also lamented over the digitization plan given that some of them often substitute fees with with delivery of items such as maize, and firewood among others.
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